Herador wrote:Hurdergaryp wrote:What does WAAC stand for?
Win At All Costs. They are the worst part of 40k's sanctioned competitive scene. These dudes only play competitive armies with competitive builds, will absolutely rule's lawyer you over the most minute things, and insist you play on terrain that looks a five-year-old's building blocks so that you can't score even the most basic advantage. They are also the ones who take a loss like someone killed their mother. Because they're the loudest, the people doing market research think they're the largest and bend to their whims, which leads to shit like we're seeing here.
Warmachine kinda had a problem with these cretins but Privateer Press didn't really listen to them and Battletech has been dodging that bullet for years, but I assume they get away with it because they don't really have Tournement scenes. See, a WAAC needs the validation of an observed win or all the money they spent on their points-perfect army was wasted.
E: if you want another example of a WAAC, a good one would be the dudes who build $1000 Magic: The Gathering Decks to stomp everyone at their local game stores neighborhood tournament. They're just the worst kind of people in the hobby.
I have met plenty like that. There was one at my old gaming store who was particularly difficult to talk to. I played a few games against him, and whether he won or lost, he would just complain about what a waste of time the game had been because my casual list was of no help to him in 'what actually mattered'. This was about a decade ago, mind, though from what I hear he has not mellowed out at all.
I remember he was utterly livid when I narrowly beat him for the highest score during a store event day and thus won the right to plan that season's events at the store.
On a better topic, I have finished the test model and leader for my burgeoning Dark Eldar project, the Kabal of the Horror Veil!